ASPHALTENE


Meaning of ASPHALTENE in English

/as fawl"teen/ or, esp. Brit., /-fal"-/ , n. Chem.

any of the constituents of a bitumen, as asphalt, that are insoluble in pentane, hexane, or naphthalene. Cf. petrolene .

[ 1830-40; ASPHALT + -ENE ]

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